| Note: | J68 |
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| Object Name: | Rhetorica Christiana | |
| Creation Date: | 1579 | |
| Culture: | Mexican Colonial | |
| Location: | Mexico | |
| Repository: | Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin | |
| Image source: | Photo by Manuel Aguilar. Courtesy Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin | |
| A. Stages of temptation and sin. First row: The devil and those offering sacrifices, whose acts resemble the devil. Second row: Every time we speak out of context, out of place and time (bad and negative) to others for our benefit, serpents and other animals related with evil come out of our mouth. Third row: We can clearly see how death enters through the mouth of those who have spoken false things, torpidly, and insolently. Fourth row: Where two persons are united by the name of God, Christ and the Guardian Angel are present like a relentless column. Fifth row: Resisting to the principles of religion will come as an outcome a domain of sinners. A child playing with a dog and a snake will later attack him. Familiarization with sins eventually turns into a surrounding of snakes. Sixth row: There are three steps to reach the sin: 1. The temptation by the devil, 2. Knowledge, 3. Delectation (pleasure). The three stages of sin are: A. The heart, B. Virtue, C. Habits. Last row: Hell is the domain of the devil where sinners are punished. B. This illustration represents a diversity of punishments of condemned sinners. (The illustration is read from bottom-up and right to left) | ||
